Dr. Darshan Shah

Right, exactly. So, you know, you and I have used albumin in the hospital since the beginning of residency training, right? So albumin is not like a novel compound. We've had it forever.

Right, exactly. So, you know, you and I have used albumin in the hospital since the beginning of residency training, right? So albumin is not like a novel compound. We've had it forever.

Low protein, even like trauma situations where people have lost a lot of blood and you just like get them volume right away. That's why I used it a lot as well. So albumin is basically a protein. It's a highly purified protein that our bodies normally make. And when it lives in the plasma...

Low protein, even like trauma situations where people have lost a lot of blood and you just like get them volume right away. That's why I used it a lot as well. So albumin is basically a protein. It's a highly purified protein that our bodies normally make. And when it lives in the plasma...

Low protein, even like trauma situations where people have lost a lot of blood and you just like get them volume right away. That's why I used it a lot as well. So albumin is basically a protein. It's a highly purified protein that our bodies normally make. And when it lives in the plasma...

And so when you remove the plasma, you have to replace albumin because your body has what's called an oncotic pressure it needs to maintain. It needs to have protein in the blood so that the fluid doesn't leave your blood vessels and go into all your tissues. And that's why you have that protein there.

And so when you remove the plasma, you have to replace albumin because your body has what's called an oncotic pressure it needs to maintain. It needs to have protein in the blood so that the fluid doesn't leave your blood vessels and go into all your tissues. And that's why you have that protein there.

And so when you remove the plasma, you have to replace albumin because your body has what's called an oncotic pressure it needs to maintain. It needs to have protein in the blood so that the fluid doesn't leave your blood vessels and go into all your tissues. And that's why you have that protein there.

And so you have to replace it, but there's a big side benefit to this because albumin is one of the most stickiest proteins out there. In our biology. And what it does is it goes throughout your body, sticking to toxins, malformed proteins, sticking to dead cell, dead cellular material.

And so you have to replace it, but there's a big side benefit to this because albumin is one of the most stickiest proteins out there. In our biology. And what it does is it goes throughout your body, sticking to toxins, malformed proteins, sticking to dead cell, dead cellular material.

And so you have to replace it, but there's a big side benefit to this because albumin is one of the most stickiest proteins out there. In our biology. And what it does is it goes throughout your body, sticking to toxins, malformed proteins, sticking to dead cell, dead cellular material.

And this is what actually brings all these materials from your tissues to your bloodstream so that your kidneys and your liver can eliminate it. And so by replacing fresh new albumin that doesn't have anything bound to it, now you have all these binding sites available for your body to further eliminate these toxins from your tissues.

And this is what actually brings all these materials from your tissues to your bloodstream so that your kidneys and your liver can eliminate it. And so by replacing fresh new albumin that doesn't have anything bound to it, now you have all these binding sites available for your body to further eliminate these toxins from your tissues.

And this is what actually brings all these materials from your tissues to your bloodstream so that your kidneys and your liver can eliminate it. And so by replacing fresh new albumin that doesn't have anything bound to it, now you have all these binding sites available for your body to further eliminate these toxins from your tissues.

Yeah. So here's why it's expensive right now is albumin is expensive because there's just not enough of it out there right now. And so the other big problem with the therapy is it's hard to get the machines. The machines are super expensive and the people that run it need to be highly specialized as well.

Yeah. So here's why it's expensive right now is albumin is expensive because there's just not enough of it out there right now. And so the other big problem with the therapy is it's hard to get the machines. The machines are super expensive and the people that run it need to be highly specialized as well.

Yeah. So here's why it's expensive right now is albumin is expensive because there's just not enough of it out there right now. And so the other big problem with the therapy is it's hard to get the machines. The machines are super expensive and the people that run it need to be highly specialized as well.

Exactly. It takes a lot of training. So all of these problems are solved with scale, right? The more machines that are out there, the more people that get trained, and the more of the albumin product that's available, the lower that drives the price. And that's exactly what we're working on at NextHealth. We are, you know, we're expanding NextHealth to all the states and also around the world.

Exactly. It takes a lot of training. So all of these problems are solved with scale, right? The more machines that are out there, the more people that get trained, and the more of the albumin product that's available, the lower that drives the price. And that's exactly what we're working on at NextHealth. We are, you know, we're expanding NextHealth to all the states and also around the world.

Exactly. It takes a lot of training. So all of these problems are solved with scale, right? The more machines that are out there, the more people that get trained, and the more of the albumin product that's available, the lower that drives the price. And that's exactly what we're working on at NextHealth. We are, you know, we're expanding NextHealth to all the states and also around the world.